Toy oven

ABSTRACT

A toy oven and a telescopic food mold are provided for use in reconstituting a compressible food product thereby to simulate baking of a cake or the like. The toy oven has an oven cavity defined between a fixed upper wall and a lower wall which is adapted to be moved towards the upper wall upon closing of the oven door. The compressible telescopic mold is first filled with a compressible food product and then seated on the lower movable wall of the oven cavity. When the oven door is closed the telescopic mold is compressed between the upper and lower oven walls, thereby compressing the mold and thus compressing and reconstituting the food product contained therein.

United States Patent [191 Cooper et a1.

[451 May 7,1974

[ TOY OVEN [73] Assignee: Ideal Toy Corporation, Hollis, N.Y.

[22] Filed: Feb. 8, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 330,527

[52] US. Cl. 46/1 R, 425/409, 425/412 [51] Int. Cl A63h 33/00 [58] Fieldof Search 46/1 R, 11, 14; 425/156,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,238,698 4/1941 Knaust425/409 X 2,317,316 4/1943 Walter 425/409 X 2,890,317 6/1939 Savignac425/409 X 3,552,71 l 1/1971 Delaney et a1 425/409 X 2,833,654 5/1958Sonnenshein et al 425/412 X Wright 425/412 X Whelan 425/412 X PrimaryExaminer-Hugh R. Chamblee Assistant Examiner-J. Q. Lever Attorney,Agent, or Firm-Richard M. Rabkin [57] ABSTRACT A toy oven and atelescopic food mold are provided for use in reconstituting acompressible food product thereby to simulate baking of a cake or thelike. The toy oven has an oven cavity defined between a fixed upper walland a lower wall which is adapted to be moved towards the upper wallupon closing of the oven door. The compressible telescopic mold is firstfilled with a compressible food product and then seated on the lowermovable wall of the oven cavity. When the oven door is closed thetelescopic mold is compressed between the upper and lower oven walls,thereby compressing the mold and thus compressing and reconstituting thefood product contained therein.

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t I III I II, III/II FIG] PATENTEDMY H974 :3 808730 SHEET 4 [1F 4 TOYOVEN The present invention relates to a toy oven and in particular to atoy oven with which a child may simulate the activity of cooking a foodproduct such as a cake, but without the use of heat, and yet stillproduce an edible food product.

Toys which are adapted to simulate the activities of adults aregenerally more pleasing to children than other types of toys and games.This is particularly true with respect to conventional kitchenappliances which might be used by the childs parents in normal day today living. Accordingly, many types of toy appliances have beenpreviously proposed which will carry out or simulate functions actuallyperformed in the kitchen. One such type of appliance which probably hasbeen most simulated in toys is the home oven.

Although many types of toy ovens have been previously proposed they ingeneral suffer from numerous disadvantages, particularly from the aspectof safety. That is, most previously proposed toy ovens utilize heatprovided by an electric filament, a light bulb, or the like, in order toperform an actual baking or cooking function. Such toy appliancesrequire the manufacturer to meet relatively high safety standardsimposed within the toy industry itself, by the Federal Government, orvarious certifying agencies. Thus, the manufacture of toy ovens whichwill actually produce a finished edible product has become relativelyexpensive, particularly due to the various safety devices required toavoid injury to the child using the toy from excessive heat orelectrical shock.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to produce anedible food product in a toy oven without the use of heat orelectricity.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a relativelyinexpensive and simply constructed toy oven which is adapted to producean edible food product.

Another object of the present invention is to produce an ediblefoodproduct in a simple and readily manufactured toy oven which does notutilize heat or electricity.

In accordance. with one aspect of the present invention, a toy oven isprovided for use with a telescopic type food mold in which a foodproduct is adapted to be made by a child playing with the toy, withoutthe use of heat or electricity. This food product preferably is of thetype described in US. Pat. No. 3,393,074, issued to Joseph R. Ehrlich.That patent describes a food product in which pre-baked dough particlesare mixed with an edible water activated binder or adhesive and foodflavorings, preservatives and the like. This mixture is preserved withina packaged container for storage over extended periods of time. When itis desired to utilize the food product the packaged dough particles aremixed with water or other liquid to form a damp mixture. Uponcompression of this mixture in a baking pan or the like, the doughparticles become adhered to each other, because of the iivater activatedadhesive mixed therein, thereby forming a reconstituted cake, or otherfood product.

The food product described in the Ehrlich patent is used with the toymold and oven construction of the present invention to pennit a child tosimulate the activities of an adult in baking a cake and to produce anedible cake product or the like without the use of heat. The moldprovided in the present invention comprises a two-piece telescopicconstruction having a container or bottom portion in which the wet foodproduct mixture is inserted. A cover portion, which is adapted to betelescoped into the lower container portion, is seated on the top of thefood product within the container and this assembly is then ready forinsertion into the toy oven. The latter includes a housing whichsimulates the configuration of a home oven and range combination andwhich has a front opening therein providing access into an oven cavity.This cavity is defined between an upper fixed horizontal wall and alower wall which is adapted to be moved towards and away from the upperwall upon closing or opening of the oven door.

After the Erhlich food product is properly prepared and placed in themold assembly, the mold is inserted within the oven cavity and seated onthe lower wall of the oven. As the oven door is closed, the cover of themold is engaged against the fixed upper wall of the oven cavity andforced into the lower mold portion, thereby compressing the food productwithin the mold container. As a result of this compression, the foodmixture in the mold is compressed and thus reconstituted. The child thusproduces a completed edible cake in a toy oven without the use of heat.Of course, the child may now safely remove the reconstituted cake fromthe oven and decorate or consume the cake as desired.

The above, and other objects, features and advantages of this invention,will be apparent in the following detailed description of anillustrative embodiment thereof which is to be read in connection withthe accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a toy oven, mold and accessory utensils,constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged exploded elevational view of the mold illustratedin FIG. I of the drawings;

FIG. 3 is a sectional elevational view of the lower portion of the moldused in the present invention showing the compressible food productinserted therein;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 1showing the completed mold assembly inserted within the oven cavityprior to compression therein;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial sectional view similar to FIG. 4 showingcompression of the food product in the mold as the oven door is closed;

. FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view similar to FIG. 4, showing theconfiguration of the mold and oven in the fully closed position of theoven door;

FIG. 7 is a partial sectional view taken along line 77 of FIG. 6; and

FIG. 8 is an enlarged partial sectional view of the telescopic mold ofthe present invention during removal of the compressed reconstitutedfood product therefrom.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, and initially to FIG. 1 thereof,it is seen that the toy of the present invention includes an oven 10having an oven cavity 12 to which access is provided through an opening14. The latter is selectively opened or closed by an oven door 16 morefully described hereinafter.

One or more molds 18 are provided in conjunction with oven 10 and theseare adapted to be inserted into oven cavity 12 for reconstituting thefood product utilized with the invention. This food product, asmentioned above, preferably constitutes the food product described inU.S. Pat. No. 3,393,074 and normally is supplied in one or moreindividual packages 20.

When it is desired to use the present invention, one of the packages 20is opened and the contents thereof, constituting the prebaked comminuteddough particles having a binder therein, are deposited in a mixing bowl22 or the like. Water, milk or another type of fluid is then supplied tothe mixture in bowl 22 by a suitable measuring cup 24 in the properproportions. This mixture is stirred with a spatula 26 or the like tothoroughly wet all of the food particles within bowl 22 and therebyactivate the binder. It is noted that only sufficient water is providedby measuring cup 24 to wet the particles without forming a fluid pasteor slurry. This activity, of course, allows a child using the toy tosimulate the actions of an adult in mixing the ingredients required tobake a cake. When this activity is completed, i.e., when the doughparticles are sufficiently damp or wet, the mixture is inserted in mold18 with the aid of a spoon 28 or the like.

Mold 18 comprises, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, athree-piece telescopic unit (see FIG. 2) including a container or bottomportion 30, insert 32, and cover 34. It is noted that although agenerally cylindrical mold is shown in the drawings for illustrativepurposes, other mold configurations, such as heart and clover leafshapes, can be provided for the same purpose. In any case, in onepreferred embodiment of the present invention, mold portion 30 includesa base 36 hav- 'ing peripheral side walls 38 extending upwardlytherefrom. Base 36 includes an aperture 40 therein which is useful inremoving the compressed and reconstituted cake from the mold, as morefully described hereinafter. Insert 32 has substantially the sameconfiguration, in plan, as base 36 of the mold and is placed in thebottom of the mold, as illustrated in FIG. 3, prior to insertion of thewet food product therein.

After insert 32 is placed within the mold, thereby to cover opening 40,the wet food product 47 is inserted in the mold to a level 45 which isclose to but below the top edge 42 of container 38. Then cover 34 isseated upon and inserted within the container 38. Cover 34 has agenerally dish or saucer shaped configuration which is complementary inplan to base 36 of container 38 so that it may be inserted within thecontainer, as seen in FIG. 4. Cover 38 also includes an outwardlyextending peripheral flange 44 which limits the downward movement of thecover into the container 38 upon application of the compressive forceand which also provides a bearing surface against which the compressiveforce may be applied, as described hereinafter.

Oven 10, most clearly illustrated in FIG. 4, includes an upper fixedwall 46 therein which defines the upper wall of oven cavity 12. A lowerrelatively horizontally extending wall 48 is also provided within ovencavity 12 and it effectively defines the lower portion of the cavity.Lower wall 48 is pivotally connected at 49 to a pair of links 50respectively located on opposite sides of the wall, adjacent the rearend 52 thereof. Links 50 are in turn pivotally connected at the oppositeends thereof to the exterior wall 56 of oven 10, at pivot points 58.

The forward end 60 of lower wall 48 is pivotally connected at 62 to ovendoor 16. The latter is, in turn, pivotally connected, inwardly of pivot62 (as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 4), to the side walls 56 of oven atpivot points 64. By this construction, links 50 of lower wall foodproduct 47 acts on pivot 62 to bias or urge that,

48 and door 16 form a linkage arrangement which causes wall 48 to moveupwardly with respect to fixed wall 46 upon clockwise pivotal motion,i.e., closing of door 16. Likewise, upon opening or counterclockwisepivotal motion of door 16, wall 48 is moved downwardly. By thisconstruction, wall 48 moves towards and away from wall 46 in arelatively flat or horizontal configuration.

When it is desired to bake a cake, the cake mix is prepared as describedabove and inserted in container 30 as shown in FIG. 3. Then cover 34 isseated on the top 45 of the food product 47 within container 38 and theassembly is seated on wall 48, as illustrated in FIG. 4. Thence, thechild playing with the toy beings to close door 16, as illustrated inFIG. 5, causing flange portion 44 of cover 34 to engage the upper wall46 of the oven. Continued pivotal movement of door 16 urges lower ovenwall 48 closer to wall 46, thereby increasing the compressive force onthe food product 47. This compressive force causes cover 34 to move intocontainer 38 to fully compress the food product contained therein. Thiscompression continues until door 16 is fully closed, or until the flange44 engages the upper edge 42 of container 38. Thus, the amount or degreeof compression of the food product 47 is limited.

The closed position of door 16 is maintained by the frictionalengagement of an extended tab 17 (formed integrally with the door) in acomplementary aperture 19 formed in the front wall of the oven. However,when a cake or the like is being formed with the oven, the

natural springiness of the food product 47 in mold 18 produces acompression force between oven walls 46 and 48 which resists thefrictional force on tab 17 that holds door 16 closed; thus thisspringiness could tend to open the door. This problem is avoided by theconstruction of the present invention wherein the distance between pivotpoints 62, 64 is less than the distance between pivot points 49, 58 andwherein the pivot points 62 and 64 are located in a predeterminedposition with respect to each other and to pivot points 49, 58 so that,in the closed position of door 16, the upper pivot point 62 is locatedslightly closer to the rear wall of the oven than pivot point 64. Bythis construction the linkage formed by door 16 and the oven housing,between p'ivots 62 and 64, is an over-the-center type linkage. As aresult, the force applied to wall 48 by the compressed pivot point in aclockwise direction, as seen in FIG. 5, so as to insure that door 16will remain closed. Similarly, pivot points 49 and 58 are located sothat, in the closed position of door 16, link 50 is inclined slightlytowards door 16 (as also shown in FIG. 6). Accordingly, when door 16 isopened pivot point 49 is moved downwardly, in a counterclockwisedirection, thereby permitting pivot point 62 to move upwardly and overcenter and allowing door 16 to open.

With door 16 in its fully closed position, food product 47 is fullycompressed within container48, as illustrated in FIG. 6, and is held inthat condition by the door linkage arrangement described above.Generally the compressed product could be immediately removed from theoven for consumption by simply manually opening the door. However, inorder to provide a highly realistic oven for the child playing with thegame, the oven is provided with a timing mechanism which provides asignal after a predetermined time period. The signal is provided toindicate to the child that the cake is ready to be removed from theoven. This time period simulates a period of baking time, as wouldnormally be required with a cake, and thus provides greater interest tothe child in the use of the toy than would be present if the childsimply closed and opened the door of the oven to form the cake.

Timing or signal mechanism 70, most clearly illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 7of the drawing, comprises a suction cup 72 having a collar portion 74which is adapted to receive a stud or projection 76 extending from arear wall portion 78 of oven 10. Suction cup 72 is normally biased awayfrom wall 78 by a helical spring 80 surrounding stud 76 and receivedwithin the collar 74. The latter is secured in a pusher arrangement 82which is slidably mounted in any convenient manner on guide tracks 84 orthe like in the upper portion of oven 10, above wall 46. Pusher 82includes a projection 86 which extends through an aperture 88 in thefront wall 90 of the oven and is adapted to be urged to the right uponapplication of a manual pushing force to projection 86. Movement ofpusher 82 to the right causes suction cup 72 to engage and becomeadhered to rear wall 78. Spring 80 then acts against suction cup 72 toovercome the force of suction created thereby against wall 78.Eventually, the force applied by spring 80 causes release of suction cup72 from wall 78 and urges pusher 82 towards the'left. This movement ofpusher 82 to the left causes a bell to ring, through the operation ofthe structure illustrated in FIG. 7.

As seen in FIG. 7, pusher 82 includes a lateral projection 92. Thelatter is adapted to engage a striker lever 94 which is pivotallymounted on a vertical axis within housing 10. Striker lever 94 includesa shoulder 96 located in the path of travel of projection 92; thus, uponmovement of pusher 82 to the left, projection 92 engages shoulder 96,causing clockwise movement of lever 94. The latter includes a metalstriker disk 98 mounted thereon which is adapted to strike a metal bell100, also mounted within the oven, thereby to provide the ring signalupon clockwise movement of lever 94 in this manner. I

Accordingly, after the child playing with the toy of the presentinvention closes door 16, he can press projection 86 to set the timermechanism 70. As pusher 82 moves to the right, projection 92 engages thecam surface 102 of lever 94 and rotates the lever to its originalposition in preparation for the next ring. After a predetermined periodof time (determined by the size of spring 80), preferably about 1minute, the force of spring 80 overcomes the suction force of suctioncup 72 and causes the bell 100 to ring, indicating to the child that thecake is ready.

Pusher 82 includes a downwardly extending tab 83 which is located inhorizontal alignment with aperture 19 in the front wall of the oven.Thus, when door 16 is closed, as shown in FIG. 6, and bell 100 is rungby the operation of timing mechanism 70, the tab 83 of pusher 82 will bemoved into contact with and pushed against the free end 17 of tab 17. Inaccordance with the present invention spring 80 has sufficient strengthto cause disengagement of tab 17 from opening 19 upon impact of member83 therewith, thereby to cause door 16 to pivot slightly in acounterclockwise direction (to the dotted line position thereof shown inFIG. 6) and thus move pivot point 62 over center. Thereupon the childopens the oven door 16 completely and removes the compressed mold l8therefrom.

In order to remove the reconstituted baked product from the mold 18, thechild inverts the mold, as illustrated in FIG. 8, so that cover 34 willserve as a pedestal or support for the completed cake. By inserting afinger through the aperture 40 in base 36 of container 38, the child canslidably remove the container portion 38 from the reconstituted foodproduct or cake 47. The cover 38 then forms a pedestal for thereconstituted cake product so that the child can easily ice" or otherwise decorate the cake with various decorating materials provided withthe toy.

Accordingly, it is seen that a relatively simple toy oven is providedwhich permits a child to simulate the activity of baking a cake, butwithout the use of heat or electricity. Thus, the toy is relativelyinexpensive and simple to manufacture. More importantly, the toy is safefor the child to use and produces a safe edible product.

Although an illustrative embodiment of the present invention has beendescribed herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is tobe understood that the invention is not limited to that preciseembodiment and that various changes and modifications may be effectedtherein by one skilled in the art without departing from the scope orspirit of this invention.

What is claimed: l. The combination of a toy oven and a food mold foruse therewith in reconstituting a compressible food product, said ovencomprising a housing having a first fixed wall and a second wall mountedtherein for movement towards and away from said fixed wall; and saidfood mold comprising a container having an open top through which saidfood product is inserted and a cover for said container having asubstantially complementary configuration with respect to said containerfor insertion therein and being adapted to be seated on top of a foodproduct placed in said container, said mold being adapted to bepositioned on said second wall between said second wall and said fixedwall, whereby upon movement of said second wall towards said first wall,said cover is engaged with said fixed wall and urged into saidcontainer, thereby to compress and reconstitute said food producttherein.

2. The combination as defined in claim 1 including means for moving saidsecond wall towards and away from said fixed wall.

3. The combination as defined in claim 2 wherein said oven housingincludes a simulated oven cavity having upper and lower horizontallyextending wall portions defined respectively by said fixed wall and saidsecond wall, and said moving means comprising a door for selectivelyopening and closing said cavity, said door being pivotally mounted insaid housing and operatively connected to said second wall for raisingand lowering said second wall, in a relatively horizontal position, withrespect to said fixed wall.

4. The combination as defined in claim 3 including at least one linkmember pivotally connected at one end to said housing and at its otherend to said second wall, thereby to pivotally mount said second wall insaid housing, and said second wall being pivotally connected to saiddoor, thereby to define a linkage in said housing for raising andlowering said second wall upon pivotal movement of said door.

5. The combination as defined in claim 4 wherein the pivotal connectionof said door to said housing and the pivotal connection of said secondwall to said door are located in a predetermined relationship to oneanother to define an over-the-center type linkage for maintaining saiddoor in its closed position.

6. The combination as defined in claim 1 wherein said mold has agenerally dish shaped configuration in cross-section and having afreeperipheral edge and a relatively flat flange extending outwardlytherefrom to define a bearing surface for engagement against said fixedwall upon movement of said second wall towards said fixed wall.

7. The combination as defined in claim 6 wherein said mold container hasa relatively flat base having an aperture therein, said mold including arelatively flat insert member adapted to be inserted in said containerprior to insertion of said food product therein, whereby aftercompression of said food product in said oven the reconstituted foodproduct is adapted to be removed from the mold by manually urging saidinsert against said foodproduct through said aperture.

8. The combination as defined in claim 1 including selectively operabletiming means for producing a signal after the elapse of a predeterminedtime period from the setting of said timing means.

9. The combination as defined in claim 8 wherein said oven includes adoor for selectively opening and closing the oven door and said timingmeans includes means for opening said door after lapse of saidpredetermined time period.

10. The combination as defined in claim including means for releasingsaid over the center linkage after expiration of a predetermined timeperiod thereby to open said door.

11. The combination as defined in claim 10 wherein said oven has anaperture formed therein adjacent said cavity and said door includes atab located to be frictionally engaged in and extend through saidaperture in the closed position of said door and said releasing meanscomprises a spring biased impact means adapted to impact against saidtab when said door is closed for said predetermined time period and movesaid tab out 1 of said aperture thereby releasing said over the centerlinkage and opening said door.

12. The combination of a toy oven and a food mold for use therewith inreconstituting a compressible food product, said oven comprising ahousing including a fixed generally horizontally extending upper walland a lower horizontally extending wall movably mounted in said housingbelow said upper wall for vertical movement towards and away from saidupper wall, said upper and lower walls defining an oven cavity therebetween and said housing having an opening therein providing access tosaid cavity, door means pivotally mounted in said housing forselectively opening and closing said access opening and beingoperatively connected to said lower wall for moving said lower walltowards and away from said upper wall as said door is respectively.pivoted to close and open said access opening; said food mold comprisinga container having a base and a peripheral side wall extending upwardlytherefrom to define an open top through which said compressible food isinserted into said container, and a cover for said container having agenerally disk shaped configuration complementary in plan to saidcontainer base for insertion in said container, thereby to define aclosed mold, said cover being adapted to be seated on top of a foodproduct placed in said container, and said mold being adapted to beinserted into said oven cavity through said opening and positioned withits base seated on said lower wall between said lower wall and saidupper wall, whereby upon closing of said door said lower wall lifts saidmold and said cover is engaged with said upper wall and urged into saidcontainer, thereby to compress and reconstitute said food producttherein.

13. The combination as defined in claim 12 including at least one linkmember pivotally connected at one end to said housing and at its otherend to said lower wall, thereby to pivotally mount said lower wall insaid housing, said lower wall being pivotally connected to said door todefine therewith a linkage in said housing for raising and lowering saidlower wall in a substantially horizontal position upon pivotal movementof said door.

14. The combination as defined in claim 12 wherein said cover includes arelatively flat outwardly extending flange adjacent its upper edge todefine a bearing surface for engagement against said upper wall uponmovement of said lower wall towards said upper wall.

15. The combination as defined in claim 14 wherein said mold containerhas a relatively flat base having an aperture therein and said moldincludes a relatively flat insert membet adapted to be inserted in saidcontainer prior to insertion of said food product therein, whereby,after compression of said food product in said oven, the reconstitutedfood product is adapted to be removed from the mold by manually urgingsaid insert against said food product through said aperture.

16. The combination as defined in claim 13 wherein the pivotalconnection of said door to said housing and the pivotal connection ofsaid second wall to said door are located in a predeterminedrelationship to one another to define an over-the-center type linkagefor maintaining said door in its closed position.

17. The combination as defined in claim 16 including selectivelyoperable timing means for producing a signal after, the elapse of apredetermined time period from the setting of said timing means.

18. The combination as defined in claim 17 wherein said timing meansincludes means for releasing said over-the-center linkage afterexpiration of said predetermined time period, thereby toopen said door.

19. The combination as defined in claim 18 wherein said oven has anaperture formed therein adjacent said cavity opening and said doorincludes a tab located to be frictionally engaged in and extend throughsaid aperture in the closed position of said door and said releasingmeans comprises a spring biased impact means mounted in said oven forimpacting against said tab when said door is in its closed position forsaid predetermined time period, thereby to move said tab out of saidaperture and release said over-the-center linkage to open said door.

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1. The combination of a toy oven and a food mold for use therewith inreconstituting a compressible food product, said oven comprising ahousing having a first fixed wall and a second wall mounted therein formovement towards and away from said fixed wall; and said food moldcomprising a container having an open top through which said foodproduct is inserted and a cover for said container having asubstantially complementary configuration with respect to said containerfor insertion therein and being adapted to be seated on top of a foodproduct placed in said container, said mold being adapted to bepositioned on said second wall between said second wall and said fixedwall, whereby upon movement of said second wall towards said first wall,said cover is engaged with said fixed wall and urged into saidcontainer, thereby to compress and reconstitute said food producttherein.
 2. The combination as defined in claim 1 including means formoving said second wall towards and away from said fixed wall.
 3. Thecombination as defined in claim 2 wherein said oven housing includes asimulated oven cavity having upper and lower horizontally extending wallportions defined respectively by said fixed wall and said second wall,and said moving means comprising a door for selectively opening andclosing said cavity, said door being pivotally mounted in said housingand operatively connected to said second wall for raising and loweringsaid second wall, in a relatively horizontal position, with respect tosaid fixed wall.
 4. The combination as defined in claim 3 including atleast one link member pivotally connected at one end to said housing andat its other end to said second wall, thereby to pivotally mount saidsecond wall in said housing, and said second wall being pivotallyconnected to said door, thereby to define a linkage in said housing forraising and lowering said second wall upon pivotal movement of saiddoor.
 5. The combination as defined in claim 4 wherein the pivotalconnection of said door to said housing and the pivotal connection ofsaid second wall to said door are located in a predeterminedrelationship to one another to define an over-the-center type linkagefor maintaining said door in its closed position.
 6. The combination asdefined in claim 1 wherein said mold has a generally dish shapedconfiguration in cross-section and having a free peripheral edge and arelatively flat flange extending outwardly therefrom to define a bearingsurface for engagement against said fixed wall upon movement of saidsecond wall towards said fixed wall.
 7. The combination as defined inclaim 6 wherein said mold container has a relatively flat base having anaperture therein, said mold including a relatively flat insert memberadapted to be inserted in said container prior to insertion of said foodproduct therein, whereby after compression of said food product in saidoven the reconstituted food product is adapted to be removed from themold by manually urging said insert against said food product throughsaid aperture.
 8. The combination as defined in claim 1 includingselectively operable timing means for producing a signal after theelapse of a predetermined time period from the setting of said timingmeans.
 9. The combination as defined in claim 8 wherein said ovenincludes a door for selectively opening and closing the oven door andsaid timing means includes means for opening said door after lapse ofsaid predetermined time period.
 10. The combination as defined in claim5 including means for releasing said over the center linkage afterexpiration of a predetermined time period thereby to open said door. 11.The combination as defined in claim 10 wherein said oven has an apertureformed therein adjacent said cavity and said door includes a tab locatedto be frictionallY engaged in and extend through said aperture in theclosed position of said door and said releasing means comprises a springbiased impact means adapted to impact against said tab when said door isclosed for said predetermined time period and move said tab out of saidaperture thereby releasing said over the center linkage and opening saiddoor.
 12. The combination of a toy oven and a food mold for usetherewith in reconstituting a compressible food product, said ovencomprising a housing including a fixed generally horizontally extendingupper wall and a lower horizontally extending wall movably mounted insaid housing below said upper wall for vertical movement towards andaway from said upper wall, said upper and lower walls defining an ovencavity therebetween and said housing having an opening therein providingaccess to said cavity, door means pivotally mounted in said housing forselectively opening and closing said access opening and beingoperatively connected to said lower wall for moving said lower walltowards and away from said upper wall as said door is respectivelypivoted to close and open said access opening; said food mold comprisinga container having a base and a peripheral side wall extending upwardlytherefrom to define an open top through which said compressible food isinserted into said container, and a cover for said container having agenerally disk shaped configuration complementary in plan to saidcontainer base for insertion in said container, thereby to define aclosed mold, said cover being adapted to be seated on top of a foodproduct placed in said container, and said mold being adapted to beinserted into said oven cavity through said opening and positioned withits base seated on said lower wall between said lower wall and saidupper wall, whereby upon closing of said door said lower wall lifts saidmold and said cover is engaged with said upper wall and urged into saidcontainer, thereby to compress and reconstitute said food producttherein.
 13. The combination as defined in claim 12 including at leastone link member pivotally connected at one end to said housing and atits other end to said lower wall, thereby to pivotally mount said lowerwall in said housing, said lower wall being pivotally connected to saiddoor to define therewith a linkage in said housing for raising andlowering said lower wall in a substantially horizontal position uponpivotal movement of said door.
 14. The combination as defined in claim12 wherein said cover includes a relatively flat outwardly extendingflange adjacent its upper edge to define a bearing surface forengagement against said upper wall upon movement of said lower walltowards said upper wall.
 15. The combination as defined in claim 14wherein said mold container has a relatively flat base having anaperture therein and said mold includes a relatively flat insert membetadapted to be inserted in said container prior to insertion of said foodproduct therein, whereby, after compression of said food product in saidoven, the reconstituted food product is adapted to be removed from themold by manually urging said insert against said food product throughsaid aperture.
 16. The combination as defined in claim 13 wherein thepivotal connection of said door to said housing and the pivotalconnection of said second wall to said door are located in apredetermined relationship to one another to define an over-the-centertype linkage for maintaining said door in its closed position.
 17. Thecombination as defined in claim 16 including selectively operable timingmeans for producing a signal after the elapse of a predetermined timeperiod from the setting of said timing means.
 18. The combination asdefined in claim 17 wherein said timing means includes means forreleasing said over-the-center linkage after expiration of saidpredetermined time period, thereby to open said door.
 19. Thecombination as defined in claim 18 wherein said oven has an apertureformed therein adjacent sAid cavity opening and said door includes a tablocated to be frictionally engaged in and extend through said aperturein the closed position of said door and said releasing means comprises aspring biased impact means mounted in said oven for impacting againstsaid tab when said door is in its closed position for said predeterminedtime period, thereby to move said tab out of said aperture and releasesaid over-the-center linkage to open said door.